Carbon Credit Trading Scheme expands coverage to refineries, textiles, petrochemicals and secondary aluminium

Exam-focused facts from the 24 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The government has widened the scope of the Indian carbon market by setting greenhouse gas emission intensity (GEI) targets for 208 more carbon-intensive industrial units.
A notification issued on 13 January brings petroleum refineries, petrochemicals, textiles and secondary aluminium under the compliance mechanism of the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS).
With this latest inclusion, a total of 490 obligated entities across the country’s most emission-intensive sectors are now covered under the compliance framework of the Indian carbon market.